Alphabets of Africa

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

SANGO (ADAIMAVVA-UBANGI)

PHONEMES AND ORTHOGRAPHIC SYMBOLS

EXAMPLES

ivi

P

Ibl

b

N

t

Id/

d

N

k

1^1

g

/kp/

kp

/gb/

gb

N

i

/e/

e

/e/

e

Iml

m

/mb/

mb

lm\l

mv

M

n

/nd/

nd

/ng/

ng

/ngb/

ngb

/nz/

nz

/JV

ny

/v/

Tones:

I2J

Vn (except /e/ and /o/)

high
miid

V
V

low

unmarked

high-low
mid-low

VV

vv

low-high

w

/f/

/v/
/s/
/z/

/v

/r/
/h/
/w/

/y/

/u/
/o/
hi

f

V

s
z

1

r
h
w

y

u

o
o

b

baba

d

doli

e

keke

e

mvene

f

fmi

9
h

gala

gbako

hto

i

ita

k

kete

kp

1

kpoka

lele

m

me

mb

mbefi

mv

mvene

n

nako

nd

ndo

ngb

ngu
ngbo

ny

nyama

nz

nzapa
Ota

P
r

pata
lord

s

sese

t

tere

u

use

V

VI

w

wall

y

yaka

z

zeme

sun

daddy

elephant

tree, wood

lie

new

market

forest

quick

brother

small

hoe

donkey

ear

paper, letter

lie

tortoise

place, square

water, year

snake

animal

God

three

5 francs

race

earth

story

two

intestine

woman

field

knife

N.B. Tone is obligatorily marked in the orthography.

ALPHABET (Phonemic)

a b d e f g gb h i k kp 1 m mb mv n nd ng ngb ny nz
oprstuvwyz

number of graphemes 3.

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Rhonda L. Hartell isbn : 92-9091-020-3 © unesco 1993

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